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Test 7 · ★★ · Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths

★★ Aoife: «like a million people, well, thirty». Rosie: «a million Robux, well, 500». What rule works for both?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: rule · What happens: work

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 46 «Which number counts? Hyperbole and real numbers in maths» of the language course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: ★★ Aoife: «like a million people, well, thirty».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 people	nsubj
2	★	★	ADP	_	3 Aoife	case
3	Aoife	Aoife	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 people	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 people	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 people	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 million	det
8	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 people	nummod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thirty	punct
11	well	well	INTJ	_	13 thirty	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 well	punct
13	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 people	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 thirty	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 people	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Rosie: «a million Robux, well, 500».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosie	Rosie	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 500	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Robux	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Robux	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 million	det
5	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 Robux	nummod
6	Robux	Robux	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Rosie	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Rosie	punct
8	well	well	INTJ	_	10 500	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 well	punct
10	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 500	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 500	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What rule works for both?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	nsubj
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 both	case
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 works	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	what rule					for both	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for both=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1

Add the two numbers together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 numbers	det
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 numbers	nummod
4	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Add	obj
5	together	together	ADV	_	1 Add	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the two numbers				together property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The last, corrected number counts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 corrected	compound
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 last	punct
4	corrected	correct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 number	amod
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 counts	nsubj
6	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	correct speech: disagree	participle							vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	count	present	the corrected number						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

The first number said always counts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 number	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 number	amod
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 counts	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 number	acl
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 counts	advmod
6	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the first number not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	count	present	the first number					always property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

The biggest number always counts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 number	det
2	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 number	amod
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 counts	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 counts	advmod
5	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	the biggest number					always property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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